Welcome to the latest One More Catch weekly newsletter, offering you a guide to the week ahead in Pokémon Go.
It's June, and the second week of in-person Go Fest season. It's now Chicago's turn, where those in the Americas have their chance to catch a Mega Mewtwo and other timed-exclusive Pokémon. For everyone else, there's another leader-themed quest to keep us occupied, as well as a new season - 'Forever Forward' - bringing in some minor changes to the weekly structure, regular rewards, and Daily Discoveries.
So here's a snapshot of everything coming to Pokémon Go in the days ahead, the biggest opportunities available, and a roundup of Pokémon news and site updates you may have missed.
Events in Pokémon Go this week (1st to 7th June)
All times are at your local time, unless otherwise stated.
What to know about this week
Here's the biggest opportunities and observations for the days ahead:
Non-Go Fest event of the week...
New wild spawns and Pokémon in 7km Eggs in the 'Spark's Caretaking Quest' event. Starting on Tuesday, this is the second of three Instinct, Mystic and Valor leader-themed events that build up to each regional Go Fest (in this case, Chicago).
As with last week, new wild spawns is a real highlight in a period that has lacked much variety. But there's also 7km Eggs, perfect for those who are tired of the existing selection whenever they open Gifts.
In terms of what to expect, here's the list, according to the official event blog post. All of these can be shiny, by the way:
- Wild spawns: Bulbasaur, Alolan Raichu, Drowzee, Jolteon, Dratini, Houndour, Lileep, Combee
- 7km Eggs: Pichu, Elekid, Shinx, Varoom, Galarian Corsola, Hisuian Qwilfish
- Field Research encounters: Bulbasaur, Drowzee, Jolteon, Dratini, Houndour, Lileep, Combee, Galarian Corsola, Alolan Raichu
Tuesday is busy...
Beyond the Tuesday event, a new 'Forever Forward' season and a new monthly Go Pass means a few other things are changing and updating. Highlights include:
- The return of the Timed Incubator in the monthly Go Pass, which for my money is the best item featured in these tickets, and is timed perfectly for those pounding the streets of Chicago or Copenhagen at Go Fest in June.
- The big change for the new season is tweaks to the Daily Discoveries weekly schedule - my dedicated story has the full breakdown of what's been added and removed.
- The highlight is the introduction of 'Scenic Sunday', which encourages you to walk Routes by offering more wild spawns, Incense spawns, reduced Buddy Candy distance and increased Mateo appearances. One for all the fellow Route fans out there (there are dozens of us!).
- Updates to the weekly Research Breakthrough rewards and Egg pools, which going by the official 'Forever Forward' season page, include:
- Research Breakthroughs: Dragonite, Axew, Honedge, Jangmo-o, Indeedee, Klawf
- 2km Eggs: Exeggcute, Corphish, Wynaut, "and more"
- 5km Eggs: Riolu, Mantyke, Flittle, "and more"
- 5km Adventure Sync: Tyrogue, Sableye, Budew, "and more"
- 7km: Alolan Diglett, Galarian Corsola, Galarian Darumaka, "and more"
- 7 km Eggs from Mateo: Hisuian Growlithe, Hisuian Sneasel, White-Striped Form Basculin "and more"
- 10km Eggs: Mawile, Absol, Frigibax "and more"
- 10km Adventure Sync: Bagon, Druddigon, Drampa "and more"
- Shadow Legendary Raids get a refresh - expect Shadow Dialga to appear until 30th June.
- And last (but certainly not least), a new season means a new loading screen, likely teasing upcoming additions such as Mega Raichu X and Y. It's always a treat when these drop.